AMES, Iowa --. For a class project that has a hint of Halloween and a touch
of "The Blair Witch Project," students in Bill Boon's Creativity 129 class
will install more than 300 scarecrows on Iowa State University's central
campus beginning at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 30.

The project, dubbed "The Ides of September," is the latest in a series of
wild exercises in creativity that Boon loves assigning his students. The
scarecrows will be in "active" poses, said Boon. There will even be Tarzan
and Jane scarecrows swinging from a tree.

The theory of vernacular design design that symbolizes a specific place
inspired the project, Boon said. The life-size scarecrows, a symbol of farm
fields and rural settings, will remain on display through the weekend.